The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1887-06-04
City election next Tuesday.

Mr.. E. Allen has developed Il very fin
white Seeding strawberry.
Go to Royle & Sons for your C. F. C. con
cert and commenc -ment tickets.
The Dacotah is advertised to leave ST
Louis for the Missouri river to-day.
Promptly at 10 O'Clock the commencement
exercises of Z. F. c. at opera house.
DR.. Geo. Bates will, as may be seen In GU
stock notes, give a number of premiums a
the fair for the get of his splendid stallion
Vlewmont.
We would call special attention to the banl
statements elsewhere printed. Lafayette
county has cause to lie proud of her banking
institutions which are conducted in a sat
and conservative manner.
The commencement drill of the w. M. A
took place on Main street, Thursday, before
half the population of the town.. We post
pone our account of 1t, that it may appeal
with the report of the commencement exer
cises.
Mr.. j. 81. Sender has had built by Messrs
Barley & Bsndon and G.. C. Graham, q larg'
and commodious powder magazine, on Kisr'
hill, and will hereafter be prepared to furnish
powder at bedrock prices in large or small
quantities,
Waverly Times:-"The railroads and be
nefcisries of unjust discrimination are all il
favor of q suspension of the long and shor
haul clause. This Is natural enough. They
were all opposed to the passage of the clause
which was not made for their benefit, but fol
the protection of the public"
The Water Company has been doing a Root
work recently by its liberal course, and thu
effect Is easily seen In the number of new
hydrants. Much Of this is due to Mr.. Jos. A
Edmonds' energy. The people know him
like him, aud have confidence in him, and
take his representations as reliable.
A gentleman who has had the opportunity
to hear the worlds best musicians. both al
home and abroad, elsewhere In q facetin ui
chance that he gives to inventors, suggests
the idea that there should be con-
science even in applause. What an idea
Yet there are old fashioned people who still
think that there should be conscience il
everything.
Mr.. T. I. Norfieet, of the MAYHEM neigh
borhood, drove In q tandem or spike team
last Wednesday, and attracted considerable
attention by Its novelty. 1t is the fashionable
"style" In the north and ca t. but Is the frs
we have noticed this far west, attached to
light carriage or buggy. To be ultra fash
ionable, 1t Is only necessary to add another
horse and have each 60 q different gait.
A Chicago News special from Milwaukee
Wis.,, referring to the report that the widow
of the late Alexander Mitchell would contest
the will, says:-Mr.Jopn Johnston states thai
the report hastnot the slightest foundation.
''The will could not be contested under any
circumstances" he said. MRS. Mitchell
went to Florida without signing as an execu.
tor of the will. If she should prefer te
stand On her dover right the whole matter
would be quietly settled without any publici.
ty. 1 don't think she intends to do this,
however,"
Outsiders frequently wonder where the
railroads obtain proper return for some of the
ingenious but costly methods adopted IN all
vertising their lines. One of the latest tc
attract our attention is u nicely bound 64-page
book entitled, "What to Do" containing
description and the correct rules OF q large
number of games suitable for parlor or lawn
NIL na5 bCCu ASouVu ny LuC PhSScuScE uS-
partment of the St. Paul, Minneapolis q
Manitoba Railway, and will, we understand
be forwarded postpaid upon receipt of s
cents by c. b. Warren, general passenger
agent, at st. Paul. 1t is q book that would
ornament almost any table and interest both
old and young.
Waverly Times:-''Is Waverly booming:
Well you just come over here and see fol-
yourself, y James Williams and
Font Jones went to Lexington, Wednesday.
| Jim means business. = y . The farmers
of this section are jubllsnt. They never had
finer prospects for crops. = DR..
Wood, of Marshall, was shaking hands with
his old friends on our streets last Thursday.
y Miss Rena Corder has gone to Mar
shall to attend the Buckner-P Potter wedding
at that place. " Railroad hands are
coming to town every day and making ar
rangements to go to work on the Missouri
Pa life, near this place. Let the good work
60 on. The steamer Wyoming land.
ed quite a load of freight here for our mer-
chants, last Sunday evening, She also land
ed the Missouri Pacific bridge contractors pile
driver. b bridge contractors are here
with their force Of men preparing to COM
mence work immediately"
Higginsville Miss Hattie Mcfarland, &C.
companied by Miss Gurin, Of Gillian, left,
Tuesday morning, for Sedalia to attend an
annual missionary meeting. Tuesday night
a party of our young folks, consisting of
Messrs. Hawkins, Chsmbliss. Sebree. Price
and Webb and Misses Lulu Chambliss, Bette
and Lou Campbell and Ollie Fishback, took
In the Baptist supper at Dover. On Friday
night, at the festival given by the
ladies of the Christian church, quite q distur-
bance was created by the villainous young
boys Of this town, who threw eggs promIs-
cuously into the crowd. Several ladies' had
dresses almost ruined. One gentleman was
struck on the back of the neck and as much
went down his neck as did on his clothes.
Next morning complaint was made and seven
boys were calaboosed. At their trial they
were fined five dollars each, which was paid
by their fathers, excepting where several
claimed the tines we're u~ntpstly &yaScsxds
have tssa iss1ed q friends sp1 <sscffx t.
lIAseeeshiaA-nszrass-~1 aIss Lillian Ksnse-
dy 70 Mr. W. c. Van Hov. Of wsshinstohs
FD.N c. "Wednesday. Jun 9Th, 1887, at the
Baptist church. Miss Annie Willard,
Of Corder, is spending a few days In town.
Mrs. Taylor. sister Of Mrs. Kinsley, leaves for
hsr home, IN Chicago, Monday. Mr.. Jno.
8. Blackwell. was In town Monday.
Mr.. Alfred Jones was very nearly killed,
last Saturday. by his horse running away.
He was on his way to Mr.. Fred Young's to
join the Old Mems club, In a spring wagon,
drawn by a powerful gray horse. The ami
maj took fright at a passing vehicle, which
had lost a wheel and was being partly drag
ged to town upon a pole, and ran furiously up
the road. The wagon was thrown violently
against a fence. and the shafts becoming de-
tsched the horse ran of for some distance.
The conclusion threw Mr.. Jones out, with
great force, and he alighted upon his head.
In the fall his face came into contact with a
fence wire, one Of the barbs of which passed
deeply through his left eYe-ball. obliterating
the sight forever, and making a terrible wound
which extended over the eyebrow as well. MIR.
Jones was unconscious for about q half hour,
Messrs. Clagett, Graham and Keller, who
were near in a hack, Messrs. Phil Marshal,
Arthur Ables and Walter Ford, went i'm
medlately to his assistance, and he was re-
moved to the residence of Mrs, Eckles. where
he remained until evening, when he was
placed in q carriage and taken home. Dr.
Fulkerson. who Is his physician, says that his
weight made the jar a very severe one, and
that as he spst blood for a while he feared in.
ternsl injuries, bat that he now thinks there
are at snyrate no severe ones. TIT wound
we have snokan Of some scratcheS sbo,,t tho